Wife is PISSED! Need help from CSC community ASAP
 

So I have a 23 ft project in the yard. Bought it from a guy whose wife made him sell it. I cut the transom, started on decks, then fish showed up.

Yesterday I bolted down to pembroke and bought a 20 potter inboard (no engine)... without really telling her. Also purchased from a guy whose wife made him sell it.

So now I have 2 projects in the yard. Here is the part where I need advice from the CSC community...

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Some late night stealth pics of the boat.

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Hi KenB:

I voted to convert to outboard. But I must say that is sounds like you might have stepped into a bucket of S**t with your wife.
Neither one of those boats are a sleep aboard so if I were you I would so some serious rebuilt on the relationship first before you look at either one of the boats.
I do have a good name for the new boat though and I am sure your wife would agree "The Other Woman"


FellowShip

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Just for the Grins :D :D

Official 23’ SF Antique Classic SeaCraft Owner

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Hey Ship.

Thanks for the concerns... my post was tongue in cheek. I did think it was funny that I had to save both of these boats from grumpy wives.

Me and the new wife are doing well (first time for both of us). She is not happy about new boats nor my "secretive behavior in acquiring most recent boat," but also sees the benefits in holding the whole escapade over my head. Indefinitely.

I will point out that the wife does seem to be less gung-ho about boating type excursions, now that we are hitched. Back in the day she was pretty salty, but now I get a lot of "you go fishing I have to go shopping." She is also grumpy about lack of "bathrooms" on said boats.

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typical bait and switch

a bucket used to be good, now it's a full john with mirror

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Gee, KenB,
There's a Tsunami just up the road from you. I think it had a potti...
Seems a grumpy wife involved there, too. Maybe the potti and cuddy will help get your bride back back to the righteous same page...and keep that Nordstrom's credit card in check :D Good luck with that!

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I saw that 20 on CL yesterday and had to laugh at the guy's ad. He was essentially begging someone to take it. I'm guessing you got it for less than the $500 asking. :rolleyes:

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"Honey I bought it for you so we could have his and hers". , " I have to get a bracket & an o/b so I can leave room for the toilet and holding tank just for you."

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Some times we just write checks we know we can't cash! Don't ask.

I'm sorry for your pain Ken, but only you know what will really shift her off the 2nd boat and onto what she values in you. I know you are married, but you have to go back to the "courtship mind set". Explain how the dream and the opportunity coincided much differently than you ever imagined and you reallize not telling her was not right, yada, yada, yada but you are going to do 1, 2 +3 for her and that you Beg her forgiveness.

Lew's rule #4; It is much easier to beg forgiveness than ask permission!

Good Luck, guy! You're going to need it!!! ;) ;) ;) ;)

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Just ask her would she rather have you go out with your buddies drinking at the bar and possibly meeting women or be in the back yard working on a boat (with your buddies drinking ) that always worked for me about fishing (but we didn't drink fishing at nite) :D

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Do like I do...
Just have so dad gum many of them in the yard
she looses count!
"Honest Patti, that one has been there for months!" ;)

I works every time... Well, plus her being a blonde helps too. :eek: :D :)

See ya, Ken

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:D :D :D :D :D :D

NoBones

That was really funny I loved it.


FellowShip

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Official 23’ SF Antique Classic SeaCraft Owner

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You guys crack me up! :D

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Blonde helps... so does finding a girl with a good sense of humor who doesn`t want to change you.

Bones,
There`s a Septre in an industrial park down here. Been there for at least 10 years. :o

I vote for conversion to straight inboard. Now that was sick.

Cheers,
GFS

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My wife is Awesome!!!! She wished I didnt sell the 20 seafari i/o we had, she would like to have one of each seacraft if we could, [img]/forum/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img] I think shes a keeper.
:D
Now If I can just find a 25 seafari or 27 wac style that would be awesome!!!

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Heh, heh. Really? ;)

Seacraft Seafari 25 RARE!

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She is not happy about new boats nor my "secretive behavior in acquiring most recent boat," but also sees the benefits in holding the whole escapade over my head. [QUOTE]


Wow sounds like you and I are allot alike... my last boat the wife called it 'sneakily' because that's how I got it, then hid it behind the barn for 2 months before I told her. HA!

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Unless you have your significant other trained/conditioned liked NoBones. Think carefully before buying anymore project boats. Divorce will turn a nice $500 seacraft project into $250/hr project with your attorney. You'll wish you had bought a 21 contender or a turn key 23 seacraft (instead of the $500 project). You might want to consider selling it to Nat's Dad for double and buy the wife some flowers to smooth things over.

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Do the bracket, thats an I/O not an inboard. :D

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Git rid of wife, keep both boats.

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I just had a brain fart, Repair the best boat and make the second one a towable master bath, bedroom hot tub combo. You could tow her out and if things get wanky put her on anchor and go fish. Now where did I anchor her? Was it this week or last week. Damn I miss that barge. Should have taken some GPS numbers.

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Great comments, thanks for all the marital advice. My take away is "threaten more bad behavior" and "try to buy a boat with a potty."

They guy I bought the 23 from was funny... his waif I mean wife was so happy to see the boat go she started gushing about putting a pool in. He said "I'm getting a backhoe, a tarp, and the garden hose. Based on what you made me sell the boat for, that's all we can afford."

Ok solid weekend with the lady. She even spent a few hours tracking down striped bass with me. Good times.

The vote is final... I will convert to bracket. (and yes it's I/O not inboard).

pluses of I/O
- repower is cheap.
- lower center of gravity so boat may roll less aggressively.
- presumably less work. but who really knows.
- original layout was I/O so for it to be a real "Classic Seacraft" I should try to restore, not redesign.

Minuses of I/O
- I plan to trailer for the near future and banging an I/O in to rocks could sink the boat. Bang an outboard on a rock and it's just money.
- Holes in the boat below the waterline. I am not going overboard with brand new stuff, so the fewer holes below the water line the better. Especially if a rubber gasket is all that is keeping me from sinking... I don't have the best maintenance behavior.
- huge box on the transom, in the way.
- better ride with bracket and extended waterline? thats the rumor I hear.
- motor is out and someone stole parts off of the I/O itself; replacing all of that could be pricey.

For Karma's sake I didn't give the guy a hard time about the price. I did expect a trailer title though and he is backing out of that now. Jerk.

My Wife agrees with Shrimp (loves your nickname too...) about selling to Nat's dad. So bring on the offers! Better get to me before I start inhaling fiberglass sawdust! By the way, I don't recall posting anything about Nat's dad... news travels fast I guess.

Also shrimp... why do I want to NOT make my own bracket again? And just get one from hermco? How does that logic go again? Less itchy and swearing?


SO... does anyone want the engine box, seats, I/O related hard ware? I will keep the console.

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Nice decision imo....aft hatches gonna be up for grabs?

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Ken - Call me about the bracket 617-285-9277. Cost of materials is $600 - $700 including beer if you make one with a platform . . . and it takes 3weeks of part-time work (indoors or covered) if you don't have to scratch your head during the process.

If you have a previous reg or even have a bill of sale . . . talk to the registry. If the trailer was older than 1991 then they don't need a title.

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Sure. They are cute, but if someone wants them or NEEDS them drop me a line.

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Thanks Shrimp!

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I agree if she is that controlling get rid of her!! losing my wife was the best thing that ever happened to me, just my 2 cents

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Ok everything is in good shape on all fronts. Boat is now on blocks and wife is happy (she had a good xmas haul this year).

More photos to come.

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when i had 2nd boat del to my yard wife left the next week oh well more time to work on boat just need one good woman to help and fish with must know how to dress and cook seafood!all replies ans thanks george 25 seafari/with twin 140s

Just to update, got rid of both the wife and boat. Boat lasted longer, but it turns out its harder to finish two seacrafts than finishing one. But at least that 23 might get done in the next ten years.

I did the transom conversion, extended stringers to transom, did the bow repair (correctly with epoxy, not the bondo that was on there), and drove it up to cape ann. New owner is a great guy, didn't seem to know about csc, hope he finds this thread, and finishes it.

Ex-wife? I think I'm the only guy who ever made money getting divorced. There were some lean years in there, but suffice to say, buying this boat which caused a reaction that led to some clarity on my part, was about the best thing that could have happened!

Long time between updates? :)